ReShoveling

 Seems like we just did this.  There are not many years when we feel we have to shovel.  We have never shoveled twice in one season.  There is more snow up there this time than the first time.  We're getting pretty efficient at this and it only took one hour to clear the house roof.  We remembered to move the step to the deck this time so we could get the tractor bucket closer to the eaves and the roof rake that we purchased for the green temporary building was an excellent tool for the house roof.

Many hands make light work.  No matter what the chore, it is always nice to have someone helping so that when you look around you find that some of the work is already done.  The roof had a very slippery layer of ice on the bottom.  If you straddle the ridge, you can push everything from the far side over the eaves with the long handled roof rake.

Along the top of the ridge the snow was about two feet deep.

If you find good footing you can push snow off the back of the roof into the lawn.

The length of the roof rake handle left about three feet along the eaves.  Instead of standing on the slippery slope you can reach everything from the relative safety of the tractor loader.

All done.  Next week's forecast is for daytime high temperatures in the single digits and more lake effect snow.  Lake Erie is 36% frozen over.  Average for this date is 40%  This is taking for.ever.....